THURSDAY 13 APRIL 2017

Sheeran settles £14m copyright lawsuit

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The 12th Player Tournament for Football Fan Associations will take place from April 15 to 26 in Doha with as many as 16 teams to put their agility and dexterity on test.

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DPS-Modern Indian School organised an annual overseas educa-

tional trip to Italy recently. It was an opportunity for the

students to experience and explore the world of ecstasy beyond the walls of the class rooms. A group of 82 students along with 8 teachers visited Rome, Florence, Pisa, Milan, Vatican and Venice and were highly appreciative of the cities’ archeological sites, art museums,

churches, and other enchanting Renaissance-era buildings. A guided tour to the Ferrari Museum and the San Siro Sta-dium at Milan was the highlight of the trip as the students got the opportunity to be seated in the official seats assigned to the world’s renowned players like Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic.

Altogether it was a thrilling, amazing and memorable expe-rience; perhaps the ultimate travel adventure!

DPS-MIS organises educational trip to Italy

After 3 consecutive years of success for having Youth Leadership Programme, The

Next Generation School (TNG) organised its fourth Youth Leader-ship Programme (YLP) 2017 by creating a platform for students to demonstrate their leadership skills.

The programme spanned over a week starting from March 26 till March 30, where each key stage had been assigned a theme to dem-onstrate participating teams’ leadership skills.

Talk show and drawing com-petition were assigned for key stage 1 where participants eagerly shared their skills in speaking in front of an audience and showcased their talents in arts associated with rea-soning and logical thinking. Key stage 2 was competing in Mathlet-ics where they exhibited Mathletics prowess, while year 5 & 6 students were challenged to unleash their ability in English in “House of Words” competition.

Moreover, quiz, debate and extempore were allocated for Key Stage 3, wherein participants for quiz showed-off their ability to answer questions in time- pres-sured manner. In debate, students strongly expressed their principles about a certain topic which serves as an aid for them to develop more confidence to share their views freely like good leaders do. Like-wise in extempore, candidates delivered their ideas in spur-of-the-moment regarding certain topics.

Several schools in Qatar partic-ipated in various themed rounds to display their leadership and social skills; such as Newton British Acad-emy, American Academy, Al Mahd International School, Middle East International School, Doha British School in Wakra, Doha Modern Indian School, and Pearl School International. Culmination of the event was held during the TNG YLP Grand Finale, on March 30 at TNG Ain Khalid campus.

TNG holds Youth Leadership Programme

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Amna Pervaiz Rao The Peninsula

Here goes something for all the football lovers in Qatar to cheer up as the Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF)

launched 12th Player Tournament for Football Fan Associations and unveiled the new competition.

As many as sixteen teams from local, regional and international fan associations will put their agility and dexterity on test in the pres-ence of Qatari football legend Mansour Al Muftah in the competition.

Holding a press conference for the official announcement of this, Abdullah Aman Al Khater, Manager of Events at AZF, said, “The 12th Player tournament for Football Fan Associations will take place from April 15 to 26 in Doha. We’re thrilled to add another event to AZF’s com-munity sporting calendar. It is gearing up towards local and inter-national football fan associations celebrating their passion for the sport. It underlines AZF’s

commitment to drive participation in sports and to promote a healthy lifestyle through a myriad of inno-vative programmes and activities for all members of the local community.”

Doha Bank is the golden part-ner of the tournament and Saleh Hamad Al Mani “Nissan”, the silver partner, who will be donating a car as part of the tournament’s grand prize draw.

“Qatar Football Association (QFA) with whom we collaborate on various tournaments; as well as Qatar Living, our Community Part-ner. I would like also to thank the various sports clubs and embassies who have helped engage and encourage the participation of their fan associations in this tournament,” he added. He also mentioned the responsibilities of AZF that during the announcement. “There are a lot of responsibilities like, issuing the regulations to the teams and insure all parties stick on to it, planning of all the matches, preparing the play-grounds, providing tools and equipment, approving of the par-ticipating teams, organising the

press conference and the technical meeting for the tournament, pro-viding organisers for all matches (match coordinator, referees, play-grounds coordinator and secretary of the match), providing awards,

medals, and financial rewards, sponsoring of the awards ceremony and providing logistical support for the tournament: hospitality, med-ical help, security, media and marketing.

12th Player Tournament to kick off on April 15

COVER STORYTHURSDAY 13 APRIL 2017 05Mansour Muftah, who was also present during the press conference

told the media that he is thrilled to be at the venue and to be a part of this tournament

“I can’t wait to run out on to the pitch and compete with all these fine players. I have participated in similar GCC tournaments in the past and understand the level of work and organisation that goes into such an event.”

He also applauded the efforts of the organisers and thanked them as well as the wide range of football fan associations.

Muhammad Al Hamadi, Director of the Tournament, told The Penin-sula that: “We are mainly focusing on three objectives that include, strengthen the relationship between fan associations, raise awareness on local level and engage fans and promote healthy lifestyles.”

Each team will consist of seven players and a goalkeeper in addi-tion to six substitutes, an administrator who can participate and a coach. The tournament will last for nine days and will be played at Aspire Dome’s indoor pitch.

Only two teams will qualify from the group stage to the quarter-finals that will be played on April 22. The semi-final matches will take place on the April 24 and the final match will be on the April 26,” he added.

Winners of the tournament, including the top three teams, best goal-keeper and best scorer, will receive cash prizes up to QR75,000. The final match will be ticketed and there will be a grand prize draw.

Football fans are invited to attend the tournament and cheer on their favourite teams. Only the final match requires fans to obtain tickets. Tickets cost QR10 and are available at the Aspire Park entrance to Aspire Academy.

“We are mainly focusing on three objectives that include, strengthen the relationship between fan associations, raise awareness on local level and engage fans and promote healthy lifestyles.”

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Abeer Medical Center, Abu Hamour, organised a free health check for all its vis-

itors recently in view of the World Health Day.

The health check was con-ducted on April 8 for diabetes, blood pressure, dental issues, physical ailments and dietary problems. Hundreds of patients who visited the clinic benefitted from this health screening pro-gramme. Abeer Medical Center also partnered with Q life and

Medical Insurance Company (QLM), Qatar in conducting free disease prevention activities and preventive health services for the residents in Qatar.

The activity was conducted on April 7 and attracted a huge number of residents to the Med-ical Center. Dr Rangaprasad Raju, Medical Director & General Sur-geon, Abeer Medical Center, said,

“Everyone needs to be concerned about the health of themselves and their community.

Abeer Medical Center holds free health check

Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, said that there is a great potential for developed economies to join

the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative.

While addressing a gathering of Pakistani Community members in Doha recently, he informed that, in the past the country has missed several chances of development but now there is a golden opportunity of development in the form of CPEC which would emerge as linchpin in facilitating connectivity between South, Cen-tral and Western Asian regions respectively.

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq highlighted that parlia-mentary diplomacy certainly plays an important role in bringing the countries more closer and efforts are made to benefit other’s experiences in legislation as well as regional integration. He added that consistent Parliamentary engage-ments are highly imperative for facilitating diversification of trade and economic relations. He reiterated the need to exploit the economic complementarities amongst the countries by uti-lizing their affinities in the domain of history, culture and civilization as bedrocks for regional

integration. He also informed that on the advice of Prime Minister of Pakistan, he is making efforts towards developing unity amongst the regional and Muslim countries which would be a key fac-tor for achieving sustainable growth.

Earlier, welcoming the Chief Guest, Moham-med Idrees Anwar who was also the host of the event, showered praise upon the wisdom, dili-gence, professionalism and humbleness of Speaker AyazSadiq towards execution of his responsibilities. Visiting Pakistani Scholar

Muhammad Latif Mirza, who is also father of Muhammad Idrees Anwar, also spoke on the occasion by referring to historical perspective of Pakistan Day on March 23. Concluding the event, President of PMLN Welfare-Qatar, Rashid Rafiq Butt, thanked Speaker and informed that there is full cohesion amongst the Pakistani Com-munity in Qatar irrespective of their political, ethnic or social background. We all are stand-ing under the flag of Pakistan and will continue to enhance country’s image in Qatar.

CPEC brings development to Pakistan: Ayaz Sadiq

Holiday Villa Hotel & Resi-dence Doha has bagged the

“Destination of the World Outstanding Partnership Award”.

This recognition is given to top producing hotels for 2016 based on total number of room bookings in Qatar through the said hotel res-ervation channel.

Attached to the successful number of room nights are the superior quality of the hospitality and food & beverage services and the exceptional facilities offered by Holiday Villa Doha.

Destinations of the World since

1993 has been considered as top B2B travel industry wholesaler that consistently practiced trade neu-trality. The company has over 160,000 hotels in more than 10,000 destinations worldwide, which are accessed by travel agents, tour operators, OTA’s, airlines, wholesalers and customers of Travel Technology companies.

Holiday Villa Hotel & Resi-dence General Manager Joey Chen said, “The management is more than thrilled to receive the award. The recognition came as a won-derful surprise to everyone.”

Holiday Villa Hotel & Residence Doha bags prestigious award

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Bhavan’s Public School participated in the ‘Autism walkathon 2017’ held at Katara Cultural Village on April 8. It was organised by

Qatar Institute for Speech and Hearing in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, as part of the Autism awareness initiative,

in view of the World Autism Day.

Bhavan’s Public School takes part in ‘Autism walkathon 2017’

Undergraduate students gath-ered to present their original research recently as part of

Georgetown University in Qatar’s Middle Eastern Studies Student Association’s (MESSA) fourth inter-national conference.

The event featured students research and discussions by guest speaker under the theme of ‘Power, Influence, and Authority in the Mid-dle East.’ The presentations were followed by a question and answer session. “MESSA’s annual confer-ence provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to showcase their original research and foster academic discussions on a range of topics,” said Dr Christine Schiwietz, MESSA Faculty Adviser and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at GU-Q.

After calling for submissions from undergraduate researchers, the MESSA student board reviewed all papers in order to ensure that only high quality, innovative research was presented on the day.

“It should either be a new excit-ing topic, or something from a new perspective, or it should be that you’ve done very hands-on work,” explained Mohammad Taimur Ali Ahmad (SFS’17), Chair of the MESSA student board. The guest speaker at this year’s event was Jordan Hat-tar, Director of Help4Refugees.org. The conference rounded out a full week of events organised by the student club, including a public lec-ture by civil rights activist Dr Sami Al Arian, and an exhibition by pho-tographer Mohammed Ismail focused on the Libyan uprising.

Students present research at MESSA conference

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In a first, scientists have devel-oped a drug activated by light which has therapeutic applica-

tions for the treatment of pain.The new “photo-drug” —

JF-NP-26 — is a molecule that can be specifically activated at any wished moment (that is, with a high spatiotemporal resolution) with light, the researchers said.

“This is the first light-activated drug designed for the treatment of pain in vivo with animal models,” said Francisco Ciruela, Professor at the University of Barcelona.

JF-NP-26 is activated when receiving light -- using an optical fibre -- of a suitable wave length and with an exact precision on the target tissue (brain, skin,

articulations, etc). The drug does not show toxic or unwanted effects even if the dose is high in short-length studies on animals.

The discovery, published in the journal eLife, will overcome the problems faced with the uses and effects of current drugs such as slow and inexact distribution of the drug, lack of spatiotemporal traits in the organism and difficulties in the dose adjustments, the researchers said.

JF-NP-26’s lightening includes a treatment on the molecule that releases the active molecule (raseg-lurant) that blocks the metabotropic glutamate type 5 (mGlu5) receptor, found in lots of neuronal functions such as the spread of neuronal pain.

Blocking this receptor allows preventing the pain from spread-ing into the brain. This can be

produced both due to the outlying neurons and the central nervous system (brain) and create, in both cases, an analgesic effect as a result.

“The molecule created by the action of light, the raseglurant, does

not belong to any group of drugs from the classic anti-pain list of drugs: non-steroidal anti-inflam-matory drugs or NSAID (paracetamol, ibuprofen, etc.) and opioids,” Ciruela said.

Scientists develop first light-activated drug

A bowl of fresh fruits a day may lower the risk of devel-oping diabetes by 12 percent,

a study has showed.In individuals with diabetes,

consuming fresh fruit more than three days a week was associated with a 17 percent lower relative risk of dying.

Further, it can lower the risk of developing diabetes-related com-plications affecting large blood vessels — ischaemic heart disease and stroke— and small blood ves-sels — kidney diseases, eye diseases, and neuropathy — by 13-28 pecent, the findings revealed.

Although the health benefits of diets including fresh fruit and veg-etables are well established, the relatively high sugar content of fruit has led to uncertainty about asso-ciated risks of diabetes and of vascular complications of the dis-ease, said Huaidong Du of the University of Oxford.

This has led to frequent absten-tion from fruit consumption among individuals with diabetes in many parts of the world, he noted in the paper published in the journal

PLOS Medicine. The study, which assessed nearly 500,000 people from China, also showed that peo-ple who reported elevated consumption of fresh fruit had an estimated 0.2 percent reduction in the absolute risk of diabetes over

five years. In addition, higher con-sumption of fresh fruit in people with diabetes, led to the decrease in mortality risk of 1.9 percent at five years, and lower risks of micro-vascular and macrovascular complications.

Fresh fruits may keep diabetes at bay

Researchers have identified 26 new genes linked to intellectual disability

which is characterised by signif-icant limitations in learning.

More than one in 100 chil-dren worldwide is affected by intellectual disability. Frequently, intellectual disability also accompanies symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, and many genes have been found to be shared by the two illnesses.

The study could eventually lead to personalised treatments for affected individuals, and also add to our growing knowledge of brain development and func-tioning. “Knowing the genes involved is a big step forward, but understanding how they function is also crucial before we can start planning treatments or even cures,” said team leader John Vincent from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada.

New genes linked

to intellectual

disability identified

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Becky Krystal The Washington Post

I am an unapologetic Anglo-phile: “Downton Abbey” marathon watcher. Jane Austen action figure on my desk. Believer that everything

sounds better with a British accent.But, oh, the tea.I’m not just talking about a

properly brewed cuppa - though even that, by some accounts, is los-ing ground to coffee - delightful and rejuvenating as it is.

What I’m referring to is after-noon tea, that convivial tradition of scones, sandwiches and pastries that bridges the hungry gap between lunch and dinner.

British Scones17 to 20 two-inch bunsThese scones are chockablock

with dried currants, but the scones are just as nice without them. You’ll need a 2-inch biscuit cutter. If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can quickly work the butter into the flour mixture by hand or with a pas-try cutter.

Serve with - what else? - clot-ted cream and jam.

MAKE AHEAD: The dough needs to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. The scones are best eaten freshly baked, but the rounds of dough can be refrigerated over-night or individually wrapped (unbaked or baked) in plastic wrap and frozen in a zip-top bag for up

to a month or two. Defrost before baking or reheating; for the latter, tent loosely with aluminum foil and warm through in a 350-degree oven. Adapted from Shael Mead, head pastry chef at London’s Ham Yard Hotel.

Ingredients584 grams (about 4 cups) flour,

plus more as needed84 grams (1/4 cup plus 2 table-

spoons) sugar36 grams (2 tablespoons) bak-

ing powder113 grams (8 tablespoons; 1

stick) chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

143 grams (about 1 cup) dried currants (optional)

250 grams (about 1 cup) whole

milk, plus more for brushing162 grams (about 3/4 cup) heavy

creamStepsCombine the flour, sugar and

baking powder in the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer. Beat on low speed just to blend. Add the chilled butter; beat on low speed for 4 or 5 minutes, until the mixture starts to look crumbly with some large chunks. Stop to scrape down the bowl.

Add the currants, if using; beat on low speed until evenly distrib-uted. Pour in the milk and heavy cream; beat on low speed for sev-eral seconds, just until the liquids are incorporated, to form a soft dough. Lightly flour a work surface. Transfer the dough there and pat it to an even thickness of about 1 inch. Cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel; let it rest for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner. Flour the edges of your biscuit cut-ter, then use it to cut out 17 to 20 scones (straight down, without twisting), arranging them at least 1 inch apart on the baking sheet as you work and re- flouring the cut-ter each time. Try to reroll the scraps no more than once as the subsequent rounds of dough may not rise as much in the oven.

Lightly brush the tops of the scones with milk. Bake (middle rack) for about 16 minutes, turning the sheet from front to back half-way through, until lightly golden. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool for a few minutes before serving, or cool completely before storing.

Nutrition | Per piece (based on 20): 200 calories, 4 g protein, 27 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 5 g sat-urated fat, 25 mg cholesterol, 10 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 5 g sugar

A very British way to host an afternoon tea

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Actress Raveena Tandon, whose upcoming film Maatr is facing many controversies

due to an allegation on film’s pro-ducer Anjum Rizvi, informed media that everything has been sorted and the film would release on April 21.

“The case has been settled and we have got the NOC. Now the movie shall release on April 21. The rumours of any more issues are fake and we have no more troubles in proceeding,” said Raveena.

The actress was spotted at PVR Andheri on Tuesday morning with few other woman achievers for the promotion of an NGO called “She’s Ambassador Program” which focuses on girl’s welfare

development.” During the event, Raveena who has done a voice over for a short film by “She’s ambassa-dor Program” said, “I have been raised by my mother in such a way that I have a lot of compassion towards young people.”

“At the age of 11, I had removed a kid from the mud. Such were the situation I went through. This is the reason I started indulging into NGO projects,” she added.

Congress political leader Priya Dutt concluded the event said,”When I was in parliament, nobody took interest to talk about children and women. Today I want to say that just believe in whatever you do and you can be successful like these women in the panel today.”

‘Maatr’ to be released on April 21: Raveena

The yet-untitled Tamil remake of Vikas Bahl directed critically acclaimed

Hindi drama “Queen”, which was supposed to feature Tamannaah Bhatia in the role originally played by Kangana Ranaut, has been shelved, a source said.

“It is true that the project has been dropped. The exact reason remains a mystery. Tamannaah was supposed to commence work from July. She has been asked to go ahead with her other commit-ments,” the source from the film’s unit said. Well-known actress-filmmaker Revathi was to direct the remake while Suhasini Mani Ratnam was in charge of the dia-logues. Tamannaah was excited to be part of the project when she signed it last year.

“Ever since I saw ‘Queen’, I wanted to be part of its remake though I wasn’t sure if it will be remade. What makes ‘Queen’ spe-cial is that it’s one of those rare women-centric films which suc-ceeded in reaching out to everybody, across all sections,” Tamannaah had said.

Tamil remake of

‘Queen’ shelvedTV actor Shravan Reddy (pic-tured), who is currently enjoying the success of his TV

show “Krishnadasi”, has been named the first ambassador for Merino wool in India by The Wool-mark Company.

The announcement was made at India Fashion Forum 2017 in Mumbai yesterday. Shravan’s strong fan and digital following in conjunction with his youthful appeal led to his selection as the brand’s Indian face and he is excited.

“It is an honour and I am over-whelmed to begin this journey with a trusted not-for-profit enterprise like The Woolmark Company,” the

actor, also known for his role in “Dosti... Yariyaan... Manmarziyan”, said in a statement

“The brand has always intro-duced path-breaking innovations and campaigns that have influ-enced youth who believe in socio-economic change. Identify-ing with a brand has never been easier for me and therefore my association with The Woolmark Company has stemmed almost naturally.”

The Woolmark Company and Shravan’s mutual passion for the sportswear and athleisure markets form the perfect foundation to edu-cate consumers on the versatility of Merino wool. “Shravan Reddy

personifies the brand’s appeal and we are confident that he will be rel-evant to our target market,” said Arti Gudal, The Woolmark Com-pany Country Manager India.

Shravan Reddy to endorse Merino wool

The makers of “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” have locked Cinestaan AA Distributors to

release the Hindi version of the cin-ematic spectacle in the US, Britain, Australia and New Zealand markets.

Cinestaan AA Distributors is a joint venture between Cinestaan

Film Company and AA Films. Offi-cials are delighted that the movie’s makers have reposed confidence in them and given them the oppor-tunity to distribute this landmark film, read a statement.

Directed by SS Rajamouli and produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and P r a s a d D e v i n e n i ,

the much-awaited sequel to “Baa-hubali: The Beginning”, will have a worldwide release on April 28. Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia, it is said to be the first Indian film to be released in 4K High Definition format, the state-ment read.

‘Baahubali 2’ makers lock distributor for overseas market

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Actress Amy Adams has been announced as the recipient of this years American Cinematheque Award, which will be given

to her on November 10.“The American Cinematheque is extremely

pleased to honour Amy Adams as the 31st recip-ient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita, Amer-ican Cinematheque Chairman.

“Amy Adams is one of the most beloved, admired, and respected actresses in movies today. Her credits range from critical favourites like

‘American Hustle’ and ‘Arrival’ to blockbusters

like ‘Enchanted’ and ‘Man of Steel,’ combining strong reviews and commercial success.”

“Her appeal crosses all demographic groups and she continues to broaden her audience with performances that illuminate her movie-star qualities. She has been honoured with many nominations and awards from critics, fans and industry organisations all over the world,” Nic-ita added.

Adams was the unanimous choice of the Cin-ematheque Board of Directors selection committee. Previous American Cinematheque Award honourees include Eddie Murphy, Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Steven Spielberg, Mar-tin Scorsese, Tom Cruise and George Clooney.

Amy Adams to get American Cinematheque Award

Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran has struck a deal to end a £14m copyright infringement lawsuit brought by two song-

writers over his hit track “Photograph”.This week, a judge in California announced that

Sheeran and the two songwriters — Martin Har-rington and American Thomas Leonard — had reached an agreement and the case was being dis-missed. The judge did not make public details of the settlement.

Mirror.co.uk had contacted Sheeran’s repre-sentative for comment. Harrington and Leonard sued the singer last June, claiming “Photograph” was a “verbatim, note-for-note copying” of their song “Amazing”, which was recorded by “The X Factor” winner Matt Cardle in 2012.

In their legal documents, they said: “The simi-larities go beyond substantial, which is itself sufficient to establish copyright infringement and

are in fact striking.” They continued to allege that Sheeran and his songwriting partner Johnny McDaid had “copied and exploited, without authorisation or credit, the work of other active, professional songwriters on a breathtaking scale”.

Sheeran settles £14m copyright lawsuit

Former Blue band member Lee Ryan has started shooting his first scenes for “EastEnders”. The singer has been cast as bar manager Woody

Woodward, reports femalefirst.co.uk.He has started filming his debut episodes, which

are set to air next week, according to The Sun Online. Although Ryan has been pictured accompanying his co-star Shona McGarty, who portrays Whitney Dean in the soap, behind the bar at The Queen Vic pub, fur-ther details of his plot line and how he will make an entrance have remained secret. He has said he has been made to feel so welcomed by his colleagues, although he knew a few of the cast members before he joined the show.

Lee Ryan starts ‘EastEnders’ shooting

Actress and model Lisa Ray is serious about the beauty business

and will soon be seen in a doc-umentary based on the beauty world. Lisa revealed this on her Twitter account yesterday with an image of herself taken during a shoot.

“So empowering to get real about the beauty business. Fab shoot for upcoming doc the

‘Beauty Machine’, Hong Kong,” she captioned the photograph.

The actress also shared the news that she is heading to Mumbai, her “second home”.

“Going to miss my boys like crazy, but excited to jet off to my sec-ond home Mumbai for more adventures,” she tweeted. On the acting front, the 45-year-old was last seen in Ram Gopal Varma’s biographical action film

“Veerappan”.

Lisa Ray gets ‘real’ about beauty business

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Microsoft yesterday rolled out Windows 10 Creators Update to Windows 10 cus-

tomers around the world for free.To get the update, users can

enable automatic updates on Win-dows 10 PC and the Creators Update will be delivered through the phased rollout.

Advanced users can initiate the update manually though the

“Update Assistant”. “Microsoft’s mission has always

been to lead new innovations that

let people create their own path and bring their dreams and aspirations to life,” said Vineet Durani, Coun-try Head, Microsoft India, in a statement. Windows 10 Creators Update empowers users with expe-riences on 3D, mixed reality, 4K gaming and enhanced security features.

With this update, users can now avail a service to help monitor one’s security through the “Windows Defender Security Centre” that offers a single dashboard display so people can control their security options from one place.

Windows 10 Creators Update rolls out for free

Global networking giant Cisco and leading fashion retailer Shoppers Stop

yesterday announced to imple-ment Cisco wireless solution at a few Shoppers Stop stores.

With the Cisco solution, Shop-pers Stop has also deployed guest Wi-Fi at its stores.

“We are excited to collaborate with Shoppers Stop as they dig-itally transform their business, deliver hyper-relevant customer experiences and enhance work-force efficiency to emerge as the retailers of the future,” said an official statement of Cisco.

With the wireless solution, Shoppers Stop will get a single-view dashboard of connected customers, insights into customer behaviour analytics, traffic flow

and dwell time analytics, loca-tion-based services and analytics for effective in-store marketing and in-store tracking. In select stores, Shoppers Stop is piloting

the Cisco Connected Mobile Experience (CMX) capabilities integrated with Cisco wireless solution for enhanced, personal-ised experiences for shoppers.

Cisco wireless solution to help Shoppers Stop

Facebook has rolled out group payments feature within its Messenger app, allowing

users to pay either everyone in the group or individual members.

According to a report in Tech Crunch yesterday, users can also request payments from the group right within their chat. Users can enter the amount they want to

request from each person or the total amount to be divided evenly by the group members. They can also mention in a note about what the money is for. “A message will appear in the group chat to show who has paid. Those details are available by viewing the Request Details in full-screen, too,” the report noted. This is a free service

and does not require a password. Available on Android and desktop as of now, the group payments is live in the US since Tuesday.

“Payments is an area of Face-book’s business that hasn’t received as much focus over the years, despite the social network’s poten-tial to collect and store payment data for its sizable user base,” the

report stated. Facebook had intro-duced person-to-person payments within Messenger in early 2015. Now the decision to expand the fea-ture to group payments coincides the time when Facebook is rumoured to be preparing the launch of a digital payments busi-ness in India within its other messaging app, WhatsApp.

Facebook adds group payments to Messenger

Software giant Microsoft has finally said goodbye to 10-year-old Windows Vista

operating system that had debuted with severe criticism.

The users of Windows Vista will have to move to a more recent version of Windows to remain secure.

“Codenamed Longhorn, Win-dows Vista was originally supposed to revolutionise Win-dows with a new file system and user interface. Microsoft’s devel-opment of Longhorn spiralled out of control, and the company was forced to reset its plans,” the report noted. The deathknell for Vista was blown since last year when Firefox indicated it would support the obsolete OS until next September.

Goodbye to Windows Vista

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a

death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance.

However, finding it soon becomes the least of their worries in a place

haunted by dark memories.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

MALL

LANDMARK

Fast & Furious 8 (2D/Action) 10:30, 11:00, 11:40am, 12:00noon, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:20, 6:00, 6:30, 6:45, 8:00, 8:10, 9:00, 9:30, 9:40, 11:00, 11:15, 11:55pm, 12:15 & 12:30amGoing In Style (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm Smurfs: The Lost Village (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 & 8:00pm Yabani Asli (2D/Arabic) 2:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Rabbit School (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 1:30, 5:00 & 8:30pmRobo-Dog: Airborne (2D/Family) 11:40am, 3:10, 5:00 & 8:30pmEloise (2D/Horror) 10:10pm & 12:00midnight Chips (2D/Comedy) 10:00am, 4:00 & 10:00pm Aftermath (2D/Thriller) 12:00noon, 6:00pm & 12:00midnight Fast & Furious 8 (2D IMAX/Action) 10:00am, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20pm & 12:10am

The Great Father (2D/Malayalam) 2:15 & 11:00pm Rabbit School (2D/Animation) 2:30pmRobo Dog: Airborne (2D/Family) 2:15 & 9:15pm Smurfs: The Lost Village (2D/Animation) 4:15pmThe Fate of The Furious 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 8:30 & 11:00pm Eloise (2D/Horror) 5:00 & 11:30pm Shivalinga (2D/Tamil) 6:45pmKadamvan (2D/Tamil) 9:00pm

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:45pmRabbit School (2D/Animation) 2:00pmThe Great Father (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 11:00pm The Fate of The Furiour 3:45, 6:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 11:15pm Robo Dog: Airborne (2D/Family) 5:30pm Shivalinga (2D/Tamil) 5:30pm Beauty & The Beast (2D/Family) 7:15pm Eloise (2D/Horror) 9:30pm Kadamvan (2D/Tamil) 11:15pm

The Fate of The Furiour 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm Beauty & The Beast (2D/Family) 2:15pm Smurfs: The Lost Village (2D/Animation) 3:00pmRabbit School (2D/Animation) 4:45pmShivalinga (2D/Tamil) 6:30pm The Great Father (2D/Malayalam) 6:45 & 11:00pm Robo Dog: Airborne (2D/Family) 9:00pm Eloise (2D/Horror) 9:30pm Kadamvan (2D/Tamil) 11:15pm

THURSDAY 13 APRIL 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

ROXYRabbit School 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm Begum Jaan 2:00, 4:30 & 7:00pmFast & Furious 8 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:15pm Great Father 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm Kadamban 8:00 & 10:20pm Shivalinga 9:30pm & 12:00midnight

ELOISE

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 Witness09:00 Al Jazeera

Investigations10:30 Inside Story11:30 The Stream12:30 Fault Lines13:00 NEWSHOUR14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 Witness16:00 NEWSHOUR17:30 The Stream18:00 Newsgrid19:30 Wukan: China’s

Democracy Experiment

20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Agora: From

Democracy to The Market

13:15 Disney Mickey Mouse

13:20 Jessie 14:10 Austin &

Ally15:00 Liv And

Maddie15:50 Sunny

Bunnies 15:55 The

Zhuzhus 18:05 Stuck In

The Middle 18:30 Bunk’d 18:55 Bizaardvark 19:25 Alex & Co. 19:50 Jessie 20:20 Backstage 20:45 Austin & Ally 21:10 The Next Step21:35 Cracke 21:40 Best Friends

Whenever 22:05 Girl Meets

World

12:50 Hunt For The Russian Tiger

13:45 Gator Boys14:40 Mekong:

Soul Of A River

15:35 Tanked16:30 Swamp

Brothers17:25 Treetop Cat

Rescue18:20 Life At Vet

University19:15 Tanked20:10 Mekong:

Soul Of A River

21:05 Treetop Cat Rescue

22:00 Life At Vet University

22:55 Gator Boys23:50 Swamp

Brothers

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Storage Hunters

14:20 Gold Rush15:10 The Island

With Bear Grylls

16:00 Outback Truckers

16:50 Fast N’ Loud

17:40 Street Outlaws

18:30 How Do They Do It?

20:10 Storage Hunters

21:00 What On Earth?

22:40 The Wheel: Survival Games

23:30 Fast N’ Loud

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BRAIN TEASERSTHURSDAY 13 APRIL 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

BRONZE, CHINA, COPPER,

CORAL, COTTON, CRYSTAL,

DIAMOND, EMERALD, GOLD,

IRON, IVORY, JADE, LACE,

LEATHER, LINEN, PAPER, PEARL,

POTTERY, RUBY, SAPPHIRE,

SILK, SILVER, STEEL, TIN, WOOD,

WOOL.